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Detectors and datatypes used in the LCLS instruments

This page is manually maintained and may have omissions. Please send me an email A limited number of devices are in use in LCLS, but new ones occasionally gets added, so if you see something missing.
At any given time the data libraries will have anything missing, let me know, and please see the Pyana or Psana for the most up to date information.
See also pdsdata Reference ManualYou can also take a look at (the possibly outdated) pdsdata reference manual.

Basic code snippets are given below for how to access this data in pyana and psana. For more elaborate examples, see Pyana user examples, Psana user examples and the packages pyana_examples and psana_examples.

The "address" of a particular datatype in the XTC files are typically given contain the "detector" and "device" names and ID. For more details, see e.g. Psana User Manual -> Data Source Address . For a list of current detectors and devices, see DetInfo.Detector.* and DetInfo.Device.*

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titleAcqiris waveform

Data types: AcqConfig, AcqWaveform

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titleIPIMB (Intensity Position and Intensity Monitoring Board)

Data types: IpimbConfig, IpmFexConfig, IpimbData, IpmFex

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titleEncoder

Data types: EncoderConfig, EncoderData

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titleOpal1000 camera

Data types: Opal1kConfig, Frame

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titlePulnix camera

Data types: TM6740Config, Frame

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titlePrinceton Instruments camera

Data types: PrincetonConfig, PrincetonFrame

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titleFCCD (Fast CCD) camera

Data types: FccdConfig, Frame

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titlePnCCD camera

Data types: pnCCDconfig, pnCCDframe

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titleCSPad (Cornell-SLAC Pixel Array Detector)

Data types: CspadConfig, CspadElement

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To plot, take a look at examples in XtcExplorer for now.

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titleMini CSPad (Cornell-SLAC Pixel Array Detector)

Data types: CspadConfig, Cspad2x2Element

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